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Curve.GetDerivative Method 

Returns a Curve that represents the derivative of this Curve.

[Visual Basic]
Overridable Public Function GetDerivative() As Curve
[C#]
public virtual Curve GetDerivative();

Return Value

A Curve that represents the derivative of this curve.

Remarks

The value of the derivative of a curve at a point is the slope of the curve at that point.

By default, this method returns a GeneralCurve created from an automatic numerical differentiator delegate producted by the CreateDelegate method of the NumericalDifferentiator class.

See Also

Curve Class | Extreme.Mathematics.Curves Namespace